Charlie examining a bowl of fresh veggies and herbs from the gardenHere in this “Chicken Little” world we live in, there’s a lot of talk (lately) about sensitivity, immune disorders. Fragrance overload etc.. The truth of the matter is, by the time our …
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Food Matters
August 19th, 2008 — , Life and Perfume from Zz @ parfume moderne
Follow Up
August 18th, 2008 — , Life and Perfume, Soivohle Perfume, inspiration from Zz @ parfume moderne
Bite the dust……Today one of the new materials that I spoke of came in the mail. I tried it and didn’t care for it. It has the same sticky feel that I disliked in our previous water sprays. So it is back to the drawing board on this one.I will cont…
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August 14th, 2008 — , Life and Perfume from Zz @ parfume moderne
I have always made the effort in life to surround myself with kind, honest people, and to let the rest go.Sometimes I have held on longer than I should, hoping that things would turn around and people could step up and be better. We all go through this…
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August 10th, 2008 — , Life and Perfume, Soivohle Perfume from Zz @ parfume moderne
I have been using the Petite bottle lately for spray testers of the new Studio perfumes, and am finding that on occasion I will get one that leaks, or else the sprayer doesn’t work.When I first decided to use these I tested about a dozen and they all w…
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August 6th, 2008 — , Life and Perfume, Liz Zorn, Soivohle Perfume from Zz @ parfume moderne
Yesterday the shipment of bottles arrived for the new Studio Collection. It was pouring rain, so Mr. Z covered up the palettes of bottles with a tarp, and then placed the individual boxes in the storage building this morning.I ordered both clear and f…
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July 27th, 2008 — , Life and Perfume, Liz Zorn, Perfume from Zz @ parfume moderne
Mr. Z, although he has no real interest in perfume has a great nose. Yesterday as I was down in my office working on the new shopping cart for our soivohle.com website, he popped his head in the door and asked me out to lunch. Well kinda. It was alread…
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July 22nd, 2008 — , Life and Perfume, Liz Zorn, Peace Angel Farm, Perfume from Zz @ parfume moderne
I have my Peace Angel Farm hat on this week, and for the next few days we will be busy little worker bees.Living the life and feeding the people.I will be back at the end of the week to give you an update on the Studio Collection. We plan to do a full …
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Laughing At Myself
July 13th, 2008 — , Life and Perfume, Liz Zorn from Zz @ parfume moderne
Today I got up, spent most of the morning boxing perfumes, and getting orders ready to go out tomorrow.It was a typical slow paced Sunday. Except that for much of the day I had a glob of toothpaste in my hair, just at the top of my bangs. A nice white …
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July 3rd, 2008 — , Life and Perfume, Perfume, natural perfume from Zz @ parfume moderne
One of my favorite things to do early in the morning is take all of my notes and a cup of tea out by the pool.This morning it began to sprinkle rain, but not so much that I needed to grab up everything and make a mad dash for the house.Now it is cloud…
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June 30th, 2008 — , Food, Life and Perfume, Liz Zorn, Perfume from Zz @ parfume moderne
It is not surprising to me that Mondays are my day to make up food for the rest of the week, as well as the day that I evaluate (and tweak if need be) my perfume trials in the lab.There is a direct relationship, I think between the way we process food …
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June 25th, 2008 — , Life and Perfume, Liz Zorn, Perfume, natural perfume from Zz @ parfume moderne
We have been busy in all directions for the past couple of weeks. It is good to be busy. Beats the alternative, and keeps me (in particular) out of trouble.Running a business is different than working for someone else. And it is always hard to draw th…
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Fine Tuning
June 12th, 2008 — , Life and Perfume, Liz Zorn, Perfume from Zz @ parfume moderne
I have been doing some fine tuning to the graphic imagery on our website. The new index image will be incorporated into our packaging design as well. Since uploading the image I have had a lot of compliments on the graphic. And to answer the who does y…
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Anticipation
June 10th, 2008 — , Life and Perfume, Liz Zorn, Perfume from Zz @ parfume moderne
I was anxious to get out and work in my garden today, but will have to wait at least until this evening. It rained again. The temperature is so high these past few days though, that it should dry out the ground over the next few hours.I have also been …
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June 7th, 2008 — , Life and Perfume, Perfume Reviews, inspiration, service from Zz @ parfume moderne
Some of you may recall a few posts back I was talking about our family of furry critters. The post with the photo image of our cat Charlie.Several things have happened since that post. Things that got me to thinking about how I could do something to br…
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June 4th, 2008 — , Life and Perfume, inspiration from Zz @ parfume moderne
I had intended to write today about a new giveaway/project that I am planning to launch. But am completely exhausted. Our towns tornado siren went off 5 times last night. Starting around seven, up through midnight. Sightings had been reported all aroun…
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June 3rd, 2008 — , Life and Perfume, Perfume, Perfume Reviews, inspiration from Zz @ parfume moderne
I probably bought my first bottle (can) of Rive Gauche’ a year or so after it was launched, somewhere around 1970/71, I think. I loved it. I was a teenager. Nothing else need be said, really. Because this was a wonderful scent for girls. I outgrew it q…
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May 21st, 2008 — , Life and Perfume, Photography, inspiration from Zz @ parfume moderne
In the short time that I have been on this earth, fifty or so years. I have discovered three absolutes.1. all is one and one are all. theory of everything, so to speak.2. nothing is coincidence.3. the most important thing that we can do is cultivate ki…
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Altar Oil Perfumes
April 14th, 2008 — , Life and Perfume, Perfume, natural perfume from Zz @ parfume moderne
The first perfumes I ever made were called Altar Oils. They were created by adding many different raw materials to oil, and letting it age. A lengthy wait, as the oil slowly absorbed the essence from the raw materials. (The original intention was to us…
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March 31st, 2008 — , Art, Life and Perfume, Perfume, Poetry, inspiration, natural perfume from Zz @ LZP
Memory and DesireMy contribution to this wonderful project went up yesterday. And to Heather. Can you hear the hands clapping. You have done an amazing job.I was not at all surprised by the diversity of vision, presented by the other perfumers. In fact…
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March 28th, 2008 — , Life and Perfume, Perfume, natural perfume from Zz @ LZP
We associate perfume with something to wear for pleasure. But as a multi-media artist. I often look at scent through alternative eyes.All art, is connected in some way. And it is difficult to separate it out and put each thing in it’s own box.In the …
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March 18th, 2008 — , Life and Perfume, Perfume, Poetry, inspiration from Zz @ LZP
As I was sitting, looking out the window, this morning. Sipping my tea and watching the rain fall I was reminded of the line. Petals on a wet, black bough. From the Ezra Pound Poem:In a Station of the MetroThe apparition of these faces in the crowdPeta…
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March 11th, 2008 — , Art, Life and Perfume, Perfume, Poetry, inspiration from Zz @ LZP
The Perfume Inside the Poem A few weeks ago, Heather, from the wonderfully creative blog. “Memory and Desire” asked me if I would consider participating in a project, linking poetry with scent.I thought it was fascinating and immediately said yes.The p…
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March 7th, 2008 — , Life and Perfume, Perfume, inspiration from Zz @ LZP
Well, So much for the spring like tease of March. it is now snowing again. The weather reports are even using the “B” word. As in blizzard.Charles and Itty Bit (the cats) are sitting on the back of the living room sofa, watching out the window, as…
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March 2nd, 2008 — , Life and Perfume from Zz @ LZP
Some people get the impression that I live on a farm. I do not. It is just the opposite actually. I live on a main highway in the middle of town. A small town, but right in the thick of things just the same. Across the street is a Flower Shop, Doctors …
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February 25th, 2008 — Art, Life and Perfume, Perfume, inspiration, natural perfume from Zz @ LZP
Zen, more than anything is a state of being. Or just being. In the here and now.Most of the literature that I have read about Zen tracks it back to the ancient form of Taoism. The Taoism that I am so fond of. Taoism before Buddhism. Which subsequently…
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February 15th, 2008 — Art, Life and Perfume, Perfume, Poetry from Zz @ LZP
To be rather than to seem. I first encountered this phrase as a child. The opening line of Alice Cary’s poem “Nobility” True worth is in being, not seeming. In doing each day that goes by some little good…..It took me a long time to figure it out. an…
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February 9th, 2008 — Life and Perfume, Perfume, natural perfume from Zz @ LZP
Ever lose something, or know you have something, but can’t find it, even when you look where you know that it is.For the past few months I have been looking for an unopened 8oz, bottle of Bourbonia Rose Absolute (Rose Edward).I know. How does one los…
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Winter Came Calling
January 21st, 2008 — Life and Perfume from Zz @ LZP
What would I rather have. Gray and warm or sunny and cold. I love warm and sunny, but that isn’t always an option here in Ohio. So I am going to have to settle for sunny and cold. According to the morning weather report it is a whopping 7 degrees here …
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January 11th, 2008 — Life and Perfume, Perfume, natural perfume from Zz @ LZP
Healing Breath:Take a deep breath, let it out. Think warm and loving thoughts. Think about the people that you love, and send them a blessing. Think about the people you don’t love, send them a blessing. Think about your country and the leaders of thi…
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December 15th, 2007 — Life and Perfume from Zz @ LZP
Clutter is disturbing to me, sometimes, when I am unable to find what I am looking for. Like a box of envelopes in my office, hidden by other boxes of perfumery materials; bottles, screw on caps, little bags and pipettes. So I move things around to get…
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